Automobile handgrip



Dec, 9, 1930. R. BRODER I AUTOMOBILE HAND GRIP Fiied July 11'. 1929REUBEN BROUER prises a plurality of twisted flexible cords. Thecordsofthe body portion are prevented} fromunravelling "by means of abinding member 14 coiled around each end ofthe cord assembly and thusholding the individual cords in their propertwisted positions. In

' the usual practice .in the art, anumberofthese twisted cordsaretwisted together to form a rope-like cord assembly, as best: shownFigure 1, and whilefsuch a cordassembly'is flexible and allows movementintany dire'c tion, it is desirable that an elementof resiliency beimparted, to the cords so-as to-insure their return to their normalelongated con:

dition without any distortion the "fabric cords..'.;For thispurpose faspring wire has .i been incorporated within each cord and when the cordassembly is fabricated of f our cords, in accordance with the-usualtwistingprocess,

the originally straight springwwires in the cords are coiled upand formfour open-coil springs positioned concentrically between eachotherscoils and running in line with each othersimilarfito amultiple screwthread.

; Each coil spring flexes:in conjunctionwith all the; other springs as aunit and :functions in unisonto provide an-element of resiliency andresistance; to longitudinal, deformation andtoma-intaintheoriginaleloingatedstraight linetorrn of the cord assembly aften-repeated use. 7Each spring, wire assumes the,exact shape of the cord wherein it ishoused. and reenforces the cord along every point of i ts r twistedconvolutions and serves to' nraintain shape; of the convolutions. Asbestfshown iirFigure 1,l, theseiwires are designatedl res Referring .toFigure-3; it will V 7 @thespring wires 159,153,15 are-locatedjspective1y 15 153. 15 15%.

some J distance away from the centre 1 of the cordlassemblyrand that thespringwire coils drlawn up tightat the point 17 on thepoi'npon. V

are positioned along. a circle drawn through the,:centers of the fourcords. The coils maintain this central position; and prevent anyunwinding of the twistedrcords. v

best shown in Figure 1, the poinpoii 3 isa fr thegusualiball' shapedfornrand'has a I circular connecting member; 16, vwhich oinvcnmscribesand gr ps the pompo 'i. -Tl1e ends of the connecting member. are twistedJand" '1hetwo ends 18, 19 continue longitudinally onopposite sidesandparallel 'toithe; cord assembly 2. i These rparallel c ontin iationsare bent to formsright angular extentions 20',- 121, which enter thecord asselnbly and extend through "to the, opposite t respective sidesthereof,v and overlap eachlothei' The memher 16 may be madeout of awire. Q

't split bushing .7; having a pluralityf of corrugations 8, 8, ispressed r against the 'ends 18, 19 of the wire, and clamps them to the"cord assembly and a sleeve 22 isfplaced on the split bushingand issecured theretol'by means of a number of grip members 24:, 24.

zoriginal elongated form indefinitely r L Itisthus readily seen that myre -enforced claim as These members snap in place in correspondingapertures 12, 12, in the split bushing 7.

When the "sleeve 22 is in position, the split bushing is hidden therein.7

It will thus be noted that the clamping member 23 for the pompo'n hasthe same appearance'and. operates in, substantially the me e ne i .thampin mem 6 for the attaching device, ln'the illustrationst the bodyportion or co rdsassemblyw is shown asmade up of four cords, When morecords are used, it maybe desirable-in order to prevent unnecessarystillness of the cordjassembly to place the freenforcin'g sprin'gfwiresin only four of the c s f n eig t 0 d .i e nb y, st *m clainrsuchamodification as within the scope of thepresent invention. r "Us if a; flVhen. a non-reenforced hand .grip: "is in actual usethere is a'tendency to distort vthe cord assembly and toY destroy its originalstraight line form. In: hand grips of my d8? sign, the reeni0rcing'springs; return when .flexed and .returnthe; cord assembly to its handgrips arer esilient and servei First, to

maintain the original elongated straight line form j second, to maintaintheshape of the convolutions; andthird, to prevent .unwin dingofthetwistedicords i M a Having; thus described my inventiongl' "Patent l .1."A body oricord vehicle hand grin-comprising a plurality of newandclesire to secure 'byLetters twisted. cords having aspr ng-wirewithin each cordand the saidplurality of cords and wires twistedtogether in ,a rope like assem .bly, each spring wire formed of; thesamecone 1 i volutions as its respective cordandforming a coil spring tomaintainthe'shape of the re-i VSPBCUVG convolutlons and to impartresiliency to saldhand gr p. 1

2; A body portion or vehicle hand grip, comprisinga'pluralityof twistedcords, some of the-cords hzwing reenforcingrspring wires therein, andthe wires "twisted together with the cords to iorm coil ssembily forimparting 0116 ,reenforcing' spring'means within-each cord and'ofthesame convolutions as the bodyportion, binding'lmeansat-each end ofsaid body portion to-prevent unravelling of the twisted m erials, aib ckt se u ed-i sw e ing t me e139

